The project wasn’t just for fun, though. Zaffagnini actually had a very specific purpose for the event in mind: to attract the attention of Dave Grohl in hopes of bringing the band to Romagna, Italy, for a concert, where he says they haven’t played since 1997.

Like everyone else who saw the video, Grohl was pretty blown away by the video, and posted his own response to the Foo Fighters Facebook page. He said, in Italian, “Hello, good evening, it’s David. Forgive me that I don’t speak Italian, only a little. This video, how beautiful, so beautiful, thank you so much. We are coming, I promise, we’ll see you soon. Thank you so much. Love you all, bye.”

Without a doubt, Zaffagnini’s project was a success; it looks like the Foo Fighters will be adding Romagna to their itinerary.

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/dave-grohl-responds-to-the-1000-foo-fighters-fans-well-see-you-soon/feed/0The Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Has Too Many Wordshttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/the-human-leagues-dont-you-want-me-has-too-many-words/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/the-human-leagues-dont-you-want-me-has-too-many-words/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 16:17:36 +0000cbskaposthttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79107The female character in this song was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. That much, for sure, is true.]]>By Brian Ives

Are you of the mindset that many songs have too many lyrics and can just be boiled down to one phrase? Do too many words bother you?

And if so, do you feel that way specifically about the Human League’s 1982 No. 1 hit “Don’t You Want Me Baby?”

Well, someone certainly did feel that way, and edited a new version of the song so that the only lyric sung by frontman Phillip Oakley is “You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar.” No other narrative, apparently, is needed! Listen to this new edit of the song in the video above.

The remixer allowed the band’s female singer, Susan Ann Sulley, to expand a bit on that lyric, singing “I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, that much is true. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, I guess it’s just what I must do!”

The person who edited this video (which was posted earlier this week) surely loves the group, as it must have taken a long time to put this together. Or, he or she simply hates any words other than “you,” “were,” “working,” “as,” “a,” “waitress,” “in” “that,” “much,” “is,” “true,” “I,” “guess,” “it’s” “just” “what” “must,” “do” and especially “cocktail” and “bar.”

The Human League is currently on a string of tour dates in Europe, and have yet to respond to this tribute (of sorts).

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/the-human-leagues-dont-you-want-me-has-too-many-words/feed/0Guy from Blur Calls Kanye West ‘A F—— Idiot’http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/guy-from-blur-calls-kanye-west-a-f-idiot/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/guy-from-blur-calls-kanye-west-a-f-idiot/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 16:08:10 +0000cbskaposthttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79104"Does he even make his own albums?"]]>By Brian Ives

But simply calling someone a “f—ing idiot” is a timeless and always demeaning insult to throw.

So, it seemed that in a recent interview with The Guardian (via NME), Blur guitarist Graham Coxon wanted to cover all of his bases. Coxon was asked about ‘Ye, and responded, “He’s a f—ing idiot, isn’t he? Does he even make his own albums?”

Comparing modern music (and, seemingly, hip-hop)to McDonalds, he said, “All I hear is a loop starting, some bloke starts to sing or rap, and the loop finishes. There’s no shape to this stuff. And the lyrics just seem to be idiotic.”

West has yet to respond to, or recognize, Coxon’s comments.

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/guy-from-blur-calls-kanye-west-a-f-idiot/feed/0Win Front Row Motley Crue Ticketshttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/win-front-row-motley-crue-tickets/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/win-front-row-motley-crue-tickets/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 15:29:08 +0000Adam Greenwaldhttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79091After almost 35 years... at least 2 sex tapes... and countless S-T-D’S... The Crue’s final Twin Cities concert, is Wednesday night at the X and JACK's putting you in the front row]]>After almost 35 years… at least 2 sex tapes… and countless S-T-D’S… The Crue’s final Twin Cities concert, is Wednesday night at the X… And Tuesday (Aug 4) JACK FM’s putting you in the first 5 rows. Listen at 8:40am for 5th row tickets, 9:40am for 4th, 1:40pm for 3rd, 3:40pm for 2nd, and 4:40pm for tickets in the FRONT ROW.

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/win-front-row-motley-crue-tickets/feed/0JACK’s Inside Track: Motley Cruehttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/jacks-inside-track-motley-crue-7/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/jacks-inside-track-motley-crue-7/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 05:00:05 +0000remymaxwellhttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79050Tommy's Cruecifly looks to be quite the spectacle, but the new Transformers stage could UPstage it!]]>Tommy’s Cruecifly looks to be quite the spectacle, but the new Transformers stage could UPstage it! I’ll be seein’ ya Wednesday at the X! Get there early…you DON’T wanna miss Alice.

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/31/jacks-inside-track-motley-crue-7/feed/0Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon Reveals the Glue That Kept ‘Paper Gods’ Togetherhttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/duran-durans-simon-le-bon-reveals-the-glue-that-kept-paper-gods-together/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/duran-durans-simon-le-bon-reveals-the-glue-that-kept-paper-gods-together/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 00:22:39 +0000cbskaposthttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79089Nile Rodgers and Mark Ronson both worked on the album, but there was a lesser known producer who was the unsung hero of the new Duran Duran album.]]>For Duran Duran‘s 14th studio album, Paper Gods, Simon Le Bon and company enlisted a can’t-miss crew of producers, namely Nile Rodgers and Mark Ronson. Rodgers, of course, is responsible for all the hits produced by Chic, not to mention his work with Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, and more recently, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, and Lady Gaga.

Ronson’s resume should be lauded as well, having worked Amy Winehouse on top of releasing the biggest hit song of the past year, “Uptown Funk” with Bruno Mars.

But Le Bon notes that it was a lesser-known producer who kept the ship running smoothly.

“A guy who put most of the hours in is a young English fellow by the name Ben Hudson, aka Mr. Hudson,” says Le Bon. “He did some vocals with Jay Z (on “Young Forever”) and he’s produced a lot of R&B stuff… he’s a fantastic guy.”

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/duran-durans-simon-le-bon-reveals-the-glue-that-kept-paper-gods-together/feed/0Watch 1,000 Musicians Play Foo Fighters’ ‘Learn To Fly’ Simultaneouslyhttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/watch-1000-musicians-played-foo-fighters-learn-to-fly-simultaneously/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/watch-1000-musicians-played-foo-fighters-learn-to-fly-simultaneously/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 20:02:44 +0000cbskaposthttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79079An Italian man and huge Foo Fighters fan had the crazy idea to make that thought a reality in a project he called Rockin' 1000.]]>by Alyssa Pereira, CBS Radio San Francisco

How do you make a rock anthem even more epic? Add roughly 1,000 more musicians to the band.

An Italian man and huge Foo Fighters fan named Fabio Zaffagnini had the crazy idea to make that thought a reality recently in a project he called Rockin’ 1000.

Although it wasn’t just for fun.

Zaffagnini actually had a very specific purpose for the event in mind: to attract the attention of Dave Grohl in hopes of bringing the band to Romagna for a concert.

As he wrote in his online diary for the project in May 2014, the Foo Fighters haven’t played in Romagna since 1997. “We have to organize something that kicks ass worldwide and can be seen by Dave Grohl: we will ask one thousand rockers to play one of their songs, all together and at the same time,” he added.

Eventually, after fundraising, advertising, auditioning, and promoting, Zaffagnini and his cohorts found their 1,000 musicians, and a site for the event: Cesena, Italy.

And finally, this week, it all finally came to fruition. With the help of a thousand Italians, Zaffagnini made the song happen.

“A huge, huge miracle. I’ve been working on this f***ing project for more than one year, waking up every morning thinking about how to make it real, and this is all we got: one thousand people,” Zaffagnini said to the crowd after the musicians played ‘Learn To Fly’. ” One thousand rockers that came from all over the nation at their own expenses, and they did it for one song — your song.”

“Our call is to ask you, the Foo Fighters, to come play for us, come and play a concert for all of us in Cesena.”

As Billboard suggests, the premiere of the song via Spotify may signify a new partnership with the streaming service. That means his upcoming album with 3rdEyeGirl called HITNRUN (which will release this year), might just be available on the streaming platform.

Check out the track below, and try to not bob your head along with the beat.

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/prince-drops-surprise-track-stare/feed/0U2 Are the Subjects of Two Upcoming HBO Specialshttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/u2-are-the-subjects-of-two-upcoming-hbo-specials/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/u2-are-the-subjects-of-two-upcoming-hbo-specials/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 17:31:57 +0000cbskaposthttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79073There's going to be a documentary and a concert special.]]>by Marissa Muller

U2 have had plenty of film experience, with their own projects and writing and recording songs for movies. But they’ve yet to have their own HBO Special. Soon, however, that will be rectified.

The band is getting not one but two programs on the network. this fall. Directed and produced by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud), the first project is a behind-the-scenes documentary that consists of interviews with band and crew members around their the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour. No doubt there will be a lot to cover in that segment, which airs November 7, as their tour behind Songs of Innocence coincided with Bono’s bicycle accident and the Edge falling off the actual edge of the stage.

The second HBO special revolves around the final stop on that tour in Paris at Bercy. Airing November 14, the film is directed by Hamish Hamilton who’s name will be familiar if you’ve watched any of U2’s former concert films, a handful of which he also directed.

]]>http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/u2-are-the-subjects-of-two-upcoming-hbo-specials/feed/0JACK’s Inside Track: Janis Ian & Bill Cosbyhttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/jacks-inside-track-janis-ian-bill-cosby/
http://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/2015/07/30/jacks-inside-track-janis-ian-bill-cosby/#commentsThu, 30 Jul 2015 05:00:53 +0000remymaxwellhttp://1041jackfm.cbslocal.com/?p=79048Well, she's not 17 anymore, but she still remembers what Cliff Huxtable did over 45 years ago... ]]>Well, she’s not 17 anymore, but she still remembers what Cliff Huxtable did over 45 years ago… ALLEGEDLY.